I seriously can’t believe Mrs. Roll is 4 already. Holy moly how time flies! Almost 4 years ago, Jared and I locked eyes with the sweetest, most adorable little mini Schnauzer, and life has never been the same. She ran right up to me and wanted to be held. Gave me tons of kisses and I fell absolutely in love.

Tootsie is now a mature lady! She’d be 28 in dog years (is that still a thing?). Some of her favorite things are:

playing chase

carrots

eyebrow scratches

burrowing under blankets

belly rubs

snoring

Onto the orange chocolate tootsie rolls!

Mine are a little gritty aren’t they? They taste good though! Followed Heather‘s recipe for homemade tootsie rolls and added some orange zest and BLAMMO! Awesome Tootsie Roll’s bday treats (for humans only, sorry little one). I thought I bought milk powder, but I ended up with granulated milk flakes or something, which is why mine are grainy. The texture was still spot on, but make sure you get the milk powder. It’ll look a whole lot prettier. 🙂

Also…….. more Vday treats for you! Are you feeling romantic? feeling the love? feeling hearts and pink rainbows and chalky heart candies that tell you to ‘be theirs’? Me neither. These are more my styyyyyyle.

In a large mixing bowl, combine honey, cacao powder, vanilla, and orange zest until well blended. Add butter and blend in. Add powdered sugar and a pinch of salt, and blend until sugar is fully dissolved.

Using your hands, mix in the milk powder 1/4 cup at a time until a dough begins to form. It will get harder to mix in, but keep mixing until you feel the dough just starting to dry out. You want the dough slightly sticky, but not so sticky you can't handle it.

Form the dough into a ball and let rest on a buttered piece of parchment paper. Let sit for 10-15 minutes, or until the dough has fallen to a disc shape.

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Patricia Bozeman is a cook. A whiskey lover. A dreamer. A wine-o. A tea drinker. A dog lover. A wife. An extrovert with a dash of social anxiety. A Jeopardy watcher. A dress wearer (because she's a lady, duh). A crass and slightly deaf old woman inside of a 33 year old body. Read More…